Sunday, 17 May 2009

New Glass Project Underway At Chez Gloria! - Updated

Well . . my TTNP (The Thursday Night Project) this week was to sand down and kiln wash the drop mould I made for this latest project . . and for once I actually achieved it! . . so here is the mould . . ready to go . .

. . and yesterday morning I set up the kiln and the mould/glass ready for firing it . .I set the timer on the kiln for an early morning start this morning . . so it's up to temp about 9.00 ish and I've got all day running backwards and forwards monitoring the glass as it slowly drops thro the mould . . very slowly . . might take about 10 hours or so! . . don't want to crack the glass or anything so I shall be extra careful when viewing progress!

Reactive Glass Testing Results!

Hints & Tips For Glass Artists

Buy long kiln posts and cut them into shorter lengths using your ring saw or tile saw! Twice as many posts for the same money!Buy Stainless Steel Cocktail Shakers and use em' upside down as floral formers . . cost about 1/4 the price of a proper floral former!Buy a kiln shelf and cut it into strips using your ring saw or tile saw! Loads of kiln forming dams for a lot less money!